Dec 04, 2012

New South Wales: Snow on the Alps tonight but not for long.

A pool of cold air is expected to see snow fall to as low as 1300m by Wednesday morning but it will lift quickly during the afternoon before clearing by evening. The cold air is associated with a high drawing cold southerlies into the south east of the state with the high keeping much of the remainder of the state dry and mild to warm.

Temperatures will increase rapidly by week's end with a hot day Saturday ahead of the next thundery trough which will introduce milder air as it passes across the state. Rainfall with the change is not expected to be widespread or significant apart from isolated heavier falls in parts of the northern coast and ranges and north east inland.

Another high moving east next week will trigger another return to warm to hot conditions by late next week.